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Sony Legacy has finally gotten around to remastering some of the Heart back catalog with improved sound and extra tracks. Being an old school Heart fan from way back in the beginning, I'm only too happy to replace my old CDs with the new improved versions.While "Little Queen" was a little spotty in places, and "Magazine" was really only half an album, "Dog & Butterfly" was easily the band's best long player since their debut. It's highlighted by two of their strongest singles, the title track and "Straight On". The closing track, "Mistral Wind" is probably the favorite among a lot of the group's 70s fan base. It's kind of their "Stairway To Heaven".The main concern with any reissue is sound quality. This remaster sounds terrific, from the funky opening lick of "Hijinx", to the soft gentle acoustics of "Nada One".Aside from the improved sound quality, Sony is advertising several more reasons to buy the reissues. There are previously unreleased bonus tracks: this disc's best bonus track is a 1978 live recording of "Heartless". It shows Heart's ability to pull off faithful live renditions of their hits. Then there's a never before released ballad called "Feels". The Wilsons and Sue Ennis later reworked this track and turned it into the forgettable "Johnny Moon" from their 1983 "Passionworks" album. As presented here, it's very similar in arrangement to "Lighter Touch" which may be one reason it was passed over for release originally. The last bonus track is a 50 second acoustic guitar piece called "A Little Bit". This aptly titled track was recorded four years after the rest of the tracks here and it's inclusion on this disc is puzzling. It would fit better as a bonus track on a reissue of the band's 1982 "Private Audition" album. Maybe Sony hasn't yet made plans to upgrade Heart's other Epic albums yet.The other extras, as advertised on the stickers that adorn the covers of these reissues, include liner notes and a track by track overview by Nancy Wilson. First of all, it should be pointed out that the same very brief liner notes appear in all three of these reissues (the others being "Little Queen" and "bebe le strange"). And the "track by track" overview is about one line per song (example: "High Time" - in the studio this was almost a gospel revival!). Not much inside information there, Nance. In fact, only 7 of the original 8 album tracks even contain an "overview", with the comment for "Straight On" conspicuously missing.There are some nice photos in the booklet, which isn't really a booklet at all, but one of those annoying multi-panel things that folds out and out and out. Most of the photos are very, very small.One other thing that stands out about these discs: they are the first I've bought that have the "FBI Anti-Piracy Warning" stamped on them. This threat of punishment "under federal law" is emblazoned both on the back cover and the disc itself.So don't buy this disc for the liner notes, but if you're a Heart fan and you want to crank up "Mistral Wind" and hear it the way it was really meant to be heard, then by all means buy this reasonably priced gem. I give it 5 stars for the original 8 songs, sounding better than I've ever heard them sound.

This is Heart's 4th album. It might be their second best. Their best album is their first, Dreamboat Annie. That album is a blockbuster, top 100 albums of all time. The first side ranks up there with best of any album. The songs are great and it has such a beautiful flow.There are some great songs on Dog and Butterfly. In fact, the whole last part of the album is fantastic. It is all slower, more accoustic ballads (except for the ending of the final track). The Wilson's at one time were excellent songwriters and had beautiful voices. Plus the backed themselves up perfectly on accoustic guitar, and sometimes flute. I'm normally a hardrocking man, but I think it is on the mellower stuff where Heart really shines.The first half of the CD (side 1) is more hard rock. It starts out with a fairly good live track. The next track High Time is OK, and actually starts off sounding like something Alanis Morissette would do. The third one isn't anything special. The fourth track is the biggest hit on the album. Like most albums, the biggest isn't the best song.So, while this CD does have some very good parts, it isn't consistently great like Dreamboat Annie was.

Indeed, the best of the original Heart. The album shows excellent songwriting and musicianship. It was a work on which all band members at the time, seem to finally reach a group apex. I highly suggest you get this album, if no other Heart album. A must have for any collection.

Being of the generation and the geographical location that i grew up in i always found HEART to be more of a LOCAL bar band, even after they had long ago had gained their chops and moved on into the land of headliners. I remember going to see them in small clubs in Vancouver when they were just putting Dreamboat Annie together and dancing to the various tracks which later would become famous songs that i would play at my job in the Radio Business. Somehow in my mind they never moved on into the headliner stage. Of all the various Discs (LP's ) that Heart had managed to put out before i quit the business DOG AND BUTTERFLY was in my opinion the best. They had taken the Dreamboat Annie sophomore learning curve and by then had managed to polish their act to a far shinier degree. They were by this point well on their way to the land of magic and awards...LA that is where you either make it big or get eaten up by the other acts who are also doing the very same thing as you. Heart managed to make it over time in that land of dogs and butterflies, The music business is a rough trade to be in and it does take its toll on many acts but the sisters managed to make it where many others had simply given up and gone back home, or were eaten by the other sharks in the pond...Spigomars...

Their fourth album. Damn! Heart was surely getting around at the start of their career. This album is just about the same as the previous two. This album was also ROGER FISHER's last album as a part of Heart. The album's sound is a little bit lighter than usual, but it's still great.COOK WITH FIREA live recording. There's not much of a fuss here.HIGH TIMEThe second live recording. Same with this song, no fuss.HIJINXNot bad.STRAIGHT ONThe first single from the album. Edgy. Hard Rock. I like it. Good goin' guys.DOG & BUTTERFLYThe second single from the album. Very nice and moving. Don't miss it.

LIGHTER TOUCHOkay. No big deal.NADA ONEOkay. Still no big deal.MISTRAL WINDThis one ain't bad. But my father loves this one. He drives me crazy with this song. He plays it over and over and over and over again. This is not a bad album. It's still kind of worth hearing. Like I said, the sound is a little bit lighter, but still great. Buy it and you'll be impressed.